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Definition of the day : « about-faced »

  • As in reverse : verb turn upside down or backwards
  • As in revert : verb return to an earlier, less-developed condition
  • As in shift : verb switch, fluctuate
  • As in turn : verb reverse; change course
  • As in backpedal : verb backtrack
  • As in backtrack : verb backpedal
Example sentences :
  • So Eurypelma about-faced like a flash, and Pepsis was foiled in her strategy.
  • Extract from : « Children's Literature » by Charles Madison Curry
  • They shouldered their rifles, about-faced, and marched away.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier in Italy » by Rutherford G. Montgomery
  • We then about-faced and retraced our steps for some distance.
  • Extract from : « In The Ranks » by R. E. McBride
  • Immediately they about-faced and stood united against the offender.
  • Extract from : « Cheerful--By Request » by Edna Ferber
  • Colonel Faison said, “Major Graham, take those three companies on the left we had about-faced down and form on railroad.”
  • Extract from : « The Southern Soldier Boy » by James Carson Elliott
  • First the column moved a mile or two in one direction, about-faced and returned over the same road.
  • Extract from : « Company G » by A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow